Working barrel rack

ABSTRACT

A device for supporting barrels. This device consists primarily of a frame structure consisting of a tiltable cradle which will enable the user to remove all of the contents therefrom and the frame structure of the device will support other barrels prior to their use.

United States Patent 1191 Cockrum ]v Aug. 6, 1974 WORKING BARREL RACK [76] Inventor: Raymond C. Cockrum, 513 Ann Dr., Tecumseh, Okla. 74873 [22] Filed: June 1, 1972 [21] App]. No.: 258,709

[52] US. Cl 211/81, 222/166, 248/130, 248/140 [51] Int. Cl. A471 l/16, A47g 29/00 [58] Field of Search 211/81, 71, 80; 248/139, 248/185, 184, 128,140, 142, 130; 214/85 K, 312-314, 340, 300; 193/41; 222/164, 166,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 140,573 7/1873 Cass 248/140 X 431,006 6/1890 Pierson 508,097 11/1893 Fillman 637,738 11/1899 Ludwig....

193/41 UX V 248/139 X Primary Examiner-Marion Parsons, Jr.

Assistant Examiner-Abraham Frankel Attorney, Agent, or Firm-J0hn M. Fish, Jr., Dunlap, Laneyrfisss nr 99951 9118 qdd s.

[5 7] ABSTRACT A device for supporting barrels. This device consists primarily of a frame structure consisting of a tiltable cradle which will enable the user to remove all of the contents therefrom and the frame structure of the device will support other barrels prior to their use.

1 Claim, 3 Drawing Figures WORKING BARREL RACK This invention relates to barrel supporting devices, and more particularly to a working barrel rack.

It is therefore the principal object of this invention to provide a frame structure which will have tiltable cradle means at one end with rollers carried therein for rotating the barrel so that the desired opening is at the bottom of the barrel for removing all the contents therefrom.

Another object of this invention is to provide a barrel support structure of the type described, the frame of which will have brace members and leg support portions so as to be rigid enough to support a plurality of barrels.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the type described which will enable the user to remove all of the contents of the barrel that is being worked and will enable the barrels to be kept in a condition so that they may be returnable at all times. In the prior art, a winch line on a barrel, would generally ruin the barrel to a point where it was non-returnable and the pump in the top of the barrel would rupture the hole of the barrel. With the present structure, barrels may be delivered by a delivery truck and loaded directly therefrom onto the present invention, the device saving a maximum amount of labor while also enabling the contents to be removed entirely.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a working barrel rack which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to use and efficient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of the following specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side view of the present invention shown in elevation;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of FIG. 1 showing the barrels removed therefrom; and

FIG. 3 is an end view of FIG. 2 shown in elevation.

braces and vertical members 14. A cradle member 16 is pivotally carried upon a rod 17 secured fixedly at each end to the upper horizontal members 13. At the end portion of the frame 11. Cradle 16 is mounted to rod 17 pivotally by means of bushings 18 which are secured fixedly thereto by welding or other suitable means.

Cradle 16 also includes a pair of parallel spaced apart rods 19, the ends of which are fixedly secured in a suitable manner to angle bar members 20 which over hang the sides of one end of frame 11. Freely rotatable on each end of said rods 19, are rollers 21 which serve to rollingly engage the outer periphery 22 of the barrels 23. One end of cradle 16 includes a handle 24 for pivoting cradle 16 to one side or the other side of frame 11.

In use, a barrel 23 is rolled from the higher most or larger portion of frame 11 onto the cradle 16, after which it is rolled onto the rollers 21 thus enabling the operator to rotate the barrel 23 until the desired opening 25 is in its lower most position so that any type of connection may be made therein.

What I now claim is:

1. A working barrel rack, comprising a structural frame having an end portion and a larger portion opposite thereto for supporting barrels containing liquid, and including horizontal members, vertical members and brace members carried by said frame for providing rigid support for the weight of said barrels which are carried on the top of the larger portion thereof, a horizontally pivotable cradle device carried upon the end portion of said frame for receiving and carrying a single barrel to be worked, wherein the end portion of said frame is lower than the larger portion thereof supporting the unworked barrels, said end portion having a rod running centrally and longitudinally of the frame on the top horizontal members, said rod providing bearing support means for said cradle device, said rod pivotally carrying bushings secured to the center of the bottom portion of said cradle device, and a pair of rods on the top of said cradle device are fixedly secured within rigid bar members, one of which includes means for the user to grasp for horizontally pivoting said cradle device, the cradle device being pivotable so that the liquid may be extracted from the barrel supported upon said cradle device, said cradle device including roller means for providing easy rotation of said barrel carried thereon wherein said pair of rods of said cradle device are each supplied with a pivotable roller, the rollers overhanging the end frame portion supporting said cradle device, said rollers serving to provide rolling bearing surfaces for the outer periphery of each said barrel carried by said cradle device in order to easily rotate said barrel to a position wherein a desired opening is lowered to the end frame portion so that any desired connector may be placed within the opening of said barrel in order to remove the contents therefrom when said cradle device is tilted by the user. 

1. A working barrel rack, comprising a structural frame having an end portion and a larger portion opposite thereto for supporting barrels containing liquid, and including horizontal members, vertical members and brace members carried by said frame for providing rigid support for the weight of said barrels which are carried on the top of the larger portion thereof, a horizontally pivotable cradle device carried upon the end portion of said frame for receiving and carrying a single barrel to be worked, wherein the end portion of said frame is lower than the larger portion thereof supporting the unworked barrels, said end portion having a rod running centrally and longitudinally of the frame on the top horizontal members, said rod providing bearing support means for said cradle device, said rod pivotally carrying bushings secured to the center of the bottom portion of said cradle device, and a pair of rods on the top of said cradle device are fixedly secured within rigid bar members, one of which includes means for the user to grasp for horizontally pivoting said cradle device, the cradle device being pivotable so that the liquid may be extracted from the barrel supported upon said cradle device, said cradle device including roller means for providing easy rotation of said barrel carried thereon wherein said pair of rods of said cradle device are each supplied with a pivotable roller, the rollers overhanging the end frame portion supporting said cradle device, said rollers serving to provide rolling bearing surfaces for the outer periphery of each said barrel carried by said cradle device in order to easily rotate said barrel to a position wherein a desired opening is lowered to the end frame portion so that any desired connector may be placed within the opening of said barrel in order to remove the contents therefrom when said cradle device is tilted by the user. 